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Bohemian enclave Vila Madalena, a mountainous neighborhood on the west area of town with a suburban feel, houses a gaggle of traditional Brazilian gastropubs -- botecos -- featuring live samba bands. Cine Joiaa repurposed cinema all the rage Centro that first opened inrocks hard with emerging Brazilian bands, while indie music venues Atelier SP and Becoboth in Baixo Augustathe section of Rua Augusta between Avenida Paulista and downtown, showcase artists from Brazil after that abroad. Aside from these areas, however, nightspots can and do spring up all over city.

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Baixo Augusta newcomer Mono , fair speakers made from refrigerators, pumps out electropop and drum-and-base throughout the week. For partiers all the rage search of live rock after that pop, head downtown. Renata Chebel, flickr Nightclubs The glitterati additionally glam it up at larger venues such as Disco , with its Space Age entrance tunnel and roster of international electronic DJs, and the recently-opened local branch of elite Additional York nightspot Provocateur , both in Itaim Bibi. Popular alternatives to that muscle-bound playground add in nautical-themed Club Yacht and multi-floor Bubu Lounge. Hovering in a categorical twilight zone where the bar features just as prominently as the dance floor, bar baladas defy uniform description. The smaller venues trend toward the upscale type of soirée, after that the mid-century Modernist house-turned-nightclub Casa 92 , along with ultra-exclusive Bar Secreto , both all the rage Pinheiros, draws the bold after that beautiful with DJ-spun electropop after that MPB. In the center of town, gritty Centro and bustling Bela Vista are studded with happening nightspots, and Rua Augusta -- a funky but gentrifying thoroughfare linking Bela Vista after that Jardins -- is nightlife central, especially along the stretch dubbed Baixo Augusta, with wall-to-wall bars, restaurants, sex shops, strip clubs and several small nightclubs called bar-baladas. Wednesday nights, small although high energy Sonique Bar near Baixo Augusta plays pop, after that Thursdays are for the leunstoel kid set at A Loca , anchoring the crowded stripverhaal of gay-friendly bars along Rua Frei Caneca. The nightlife runs 24 hours here -- a schedule not even Rio de Janeiro can keep up with -- and you can achieve something to get into all day of the week, as long as you know anywhere to look.